This time it’s for an email he sent comparing union politics to the tactics of Fidel Castro and Adolf Hitler.

Last November, surveillance video showed Hackbarth in the St. Paul Planned Parenthood parking lot carrying a loaded gun. He was never charged with a crime.

Now, some are demanding the Republican apologize for what he sent to one of his constituents.

Richard Kolodziejski is the legal affairs director for the Minnesota Association of Professional Employees and he says the woman who sent the email, a constituent of Hackbarth’s, was afraid to come forward about what he wrote her.

In the email, the woman asked Hackbarth to support Gov. Mark Dayton’s budget plan that would raise income taxes on Minnesota’s top earners.

When she got a return email from the lawmaker, she took it to the union that represents her.

Hackbarth wrote: “Are you a union member? If so, are they the communist giving you this propaganda?Do you know the who, what, when, where, why and how of Fidel Castro? Hitler rose to power using and blaming the Jews for the destruction of the German economy. Castro built his army of murderers by blaming the rich bankers and capitalist for destroying Cuba and taking advantage of the Cuban people. Hummm?”

“That’s about as insulting as you can be to a constituent,” Kolodziejski said.

Kolodziejski wants answers.

“We’d like an explanation. Number one, on why he thinks we are comparable to Hitler, to Fidel Castro’s army. And not only that, I think his own constituent deserves a written response as to why he couldn’t offer her a reasonable explanation as somebody who pays his salary and benefits down at the legislature,” Kolodziejski said.

We reached out to Hackbart and his aide told WCCO-TV that he was up north and unreachable by telephone.

We also requested comment from the speaker and the Majority leader and neither responded.

Democratic leadership, however, did speak out in an email saying Hackbarth’s email was completely inappropriate and extreme.

Reg Chapman joined WCCO-TV in May of 2009. He came to WCCO from WNBC-TV in New York City where he covered an array of stories for the station including the Coney Island plane crash, the crane collapse on the city’s east side, 50 shots fired at...

When are we going to clean house and get rid of these mindless clowns? I don’t care what side of the aisle you sit on, do your job. We’re headed for a shutdown and this lawmaker has nothing better to do than go out of his way insult HIS constituents. Nice to know we can’t voice our comments and concerns to OUR representatives without fear of being belittled because our ideas differ from theirs. Not only that, but he’s stupid enough to say that comunist propaganda was perpetuated by Hitler? If Hitler were today’s politician, he’d be so far in the red it’s not even funny. Hats off to the brain children in Cedar who elected this genius.

Wrong, they understand that there is no such thing as a free lunch. Someone, somewhere has to pay. It is pretty obvious you spend a lot of time watching television rather than learning. There is one hell of a lot of very rich Dems also.
It is a good thing your boy Mark was born to a very rich family — he probably would be on skid row if he has to survive on his own and born to a low income or middle class family.

Typical Republican. He is old and white, has money, uses namecalling as a platform for his votes, probably doesn’t know many minorities or poor people, (those people in his vocabularly), thinks this is 1950 and wishes it was 1911 when thing were all correct in his little world. Hopefully he will stay in Northern Minnesota, immigrate to Canada, and leave us alone. His hate is, unfortunately, spreading as the Republicans appeal to the worst in people.

I’m so sick of hearing the dems and bleeding hearts whine about wanting the rich to pay more. How about this work a little harder and quit looking for hand outs. Cut all the dumb projects like they insane lightrail which is a waste of money that no one will use.

C’mon Bob, kind of ignorant, don’t you think? I work 50 hrs a week, I pay my taxes, I hate labor unions, and I vot left. I agree with you that the state needs to stop wasting money on B.S. programs like welfare and useless projects like light rail. The only thing more insane than these things is cutting corners to save a few extra bucks for a millionaire. The GOP keeps saying things like “the state needs to tighten it’s belt like everyone else.” Really? I’m paying more than my share of taxes. Why cant the Richie Richs of MN do the same?

No no no. It wasn’t stalking Dave. At least I don’t think so. He was, however, arrested and detained after he was found loitering with a gun outside a Planned Parenthood. I’ve got a permit to carry, but I’ve never stood around outside of an abortion clinic with my strap. Crazy. Once again, hats off to the voters in Cedar, MN.

But liberals are about inclusion, equal rights, acceptance of those whos beliefs are different from their own. So I guess your arguement looses some creditbilty with that. Oh wait, all relevent facts don’t matter do they, just the best punchline. Typical.

Actually, if you’d look a bit farther than the name, you’d see what the Nazi party acutally stood for. Their stance touted the failures of communism and economic liberalism. Communists, homosexuals, and the disabled were among those deemed “lives not worth living.”

It was the communists “Red Terror” that planted the seeds of Nazism. It was the communists who started the whole concentration camp thing and political prisons, murdering millions of farmers and workers.

Communists appoint their leaders, Nazis elected Hitler through the Union.

What liberal are you talking about bragging about Fidel Castro? I have never heard anyone say anything like this. Just another troll on the page huh?
This is absolutely stupid to say in this day that anyone is anywhere close to Hitler, that should be enough said. Unfortunate you GOPers will say this about anyone and anything and the t baggers picked it up from your stupidity. Sad that you would even have the nerve to say that anyone is like a person who killed millions of innocent people. Shame on you all and grow up and read a history book. You all are just so out there. Put the tennis shoes on, drink the punch and wait for the comet. It will be here soon and you don’t want to miss it.

Several democrats over the years have praised both Chairman Mao and Fidel Castro and their system of government, most recently some democrats have gone to Cuba to see their wonderful socialized medicine and came back singing its praises. The facts about Hitler of course are incontrovertible and are all big ideas within liberalism. Of course liberals don’t like to bring up the fact that they share so much in common with the Fuhrer though it’s true. It’s just one more inconvenient truth about liberalism. Kind of like who the big party of the KKK was back in their hey day and which party ended slavery. All rather unpleasant facts for liberals. Don’t remember the democrat congresswoman’s name who praised Castro but anyone with any curiosity could find out in a few minutes.

More Tuna lies out of you. What Democrat? Throw more mud and see what sticks? Obviously you were not interested in truth or you would have posted a name rather that more mud..
What do liberals have in common with a dictator that exterminated population.? Again more mud. Have you no sense of honesty?

If you are trying to say that modern Republicans are ANYTHING like Lincoln you my friend have hit your head real hard. Just because Lincoln ran as a Republican you cannot say that Republicans ended slavery as the current Republicans are trying to bring it back. Not with race’s but with economic class’s. If you do not make this much a year, you are a slave to someone. The other thing I am laughing about is how often that GOPers say something about the KKK with Dems. You talk about it like the GOP has never had anyone in the party that should have had no place in a national spotlight. I would only assume that you can name at least a dozen off the top of your head for both parties. If you cannot then you are short sighted or just spewing out the same thing you read on the last post. Stupidity is running rampant and you keep talking like the KKK started the DFL. 1 talking point and you are done. Nice try and keep up the good work.

Surprising how hateful the union-thugocracy gets when reminded of its socialist roots. NAZI was the National Socialist Workers Party, remember? And Hitler didn’t like the competition from Stalins USSR…Union of Soviet Socialist States, which funded, armed, and guided Castro to power and subsidised him for 50+ years. Every statement the good legislator made is true…so when you can’t fight the truth, smear the messenger. Good ol thugocracy tactics imported from Chicago. Going down in 2012??? You need to change your bong water, the contaminents are shrinking your brain.

Why do people try to correct ignorance.
@Norge. The beauty of a free country is you can post what you would like. You are so correct about the people who smear the messenger. The conservatives on this board far too often resort to mane calling and mud slinging. If they need a fact, they make one up

just remember most of the benifit you all enjoy at the workplace were brought to you by union men and women.
weekends
fair pay
safety
healthcare & dental
etc…………..
the list goes on and on and you want to name call the people who worked and fought to get YOU those bennys.
stop and think where all those benifits came from

People of both parties need to stop being single issue voters. Single issue voters nominate dumb politicians. Politics is suppose to be about give and take. The current group of politicians are a bunch of selfish spoiled toddlers who refuse to let the other kids play with their toys. It’s all about “me me me!” Time to vote every incumbent out of office, regardless of the party.